It's National Pet Day! Join #ASPCA150 Days of Rescue! World-Wide Give-Away!

On Sunday, April 10^th,  ASPCA celebrateD its 150^th anniversary, and in honor of this important milestone, they are launching 150 Days of Rescue, a nationwide action campaign that seeks to unite the country in making a difference in the lives of homeless and abused animals. Animal lovers are encouraged to visit ASPCA.org/150days and pledge their time between April 10 and September 7 to help animals in need, with the goal of reaching 150,000 actions for animals in 150 days. Ways to participate include volunteering at a local shelter, donating, fostering, adopting a shelter pet, etc. Animal lovers who log their good deed will also be given the opportunity to nominate their favorite animal shelter to receive a grant prize of $150,000! What better way to celebrate National Pet Day!! 


FROM PETDAY USA: "National Pet Day was founded in 2006 by Pet & Family Lifestyle Expert,Animal Welfare Advocate Colleen Paige, to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives and to create public awareness about the plight of many different kinds of animals awaiting a forever home in shelters and rescues all around the globe."

If having a soul means being able to feel love, loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
~James Herriot

Courtesy of PetDayUSA

WORLD-WIDE GIVE-AWAY!!! 

Our friends at the ASPCA

 are giving away this

 PAWESOME GIFT PACK
TO ONE LUCKY WINNER!!!!

ASPCA 150TH BEACH BALL

ASPCA 150TH FRISBEE

ASPCA 150TH TOTE BAG

ASPCA 150TH BEACH TOWEL

ASPCA 150TH LUGGAGE TAG

 World-Wide Give-away

 is open to EVERY ONE!!

  Ages 18+   Entering is easy-peasy, just enter on the Rafflecopter below! Good luck!!!
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Blogging Cats Spread The Joy Of Giving!

One of my favorite things about the month of December is the spirit of giving that casts a buoyant glow in the hearts of many.  In the Cat Blogosphere,  giving takes place ALL year, but in the month of December, blogging cats are known to work even harder to ensure that homeless cats, (and often other animals), have the help, hope, supplies and toys that they need to make their holiday season brighter.

This year is no exception.  In the month of December you will be reading on many of our blogs, about some causes that are near and dear to the cat blogging community.

The first of two causes that I would like to share is the:

that was created by Summer and her human Janis, from the Sparkle Cat blog.

The Santa Kitty Toy Hop was created with love by Janis, (as a result of brainstorming with other blogging kitties on Facebook), when it was thought that the yearly Santa Paws Drive would not be taking place (it now IS, and you will read more about that further into this blog post). 

What I LOVE about the Santa Kitty Toy Hop is that it focuses on Blogging Cats giving to other cats (and even dogs!), in their OWN COMMUNITY!

From Summer's blog:To participate in the Santa Kitty Toy Hop, all you have to do is play Santa Kitty to a rescue in your area. Bring the kitties cat toys, treats, or other gifts to brighten their holidays. Take photos of your visit, and then write a blog post about the rescue and what you did. There will be a blog hop that I will host starting on December 12 and going through December 19. It will be a linky you will be able to share on your own blog if you so desire. We cat bloggers are everywhere, so we are hoping to bring the spirit of Santa Kitty to cats worldwide!

Cody and I were super excited to participate! We performed our Santa Kitty duties a few weeks ago at the Novi Pet Expo that was held on November 21st. 

If you are a regular reader of our blog, you know that we often feature rescue/adoption events held by The Michigan Humane Society. As it turns out, Michigan Humane was one of the sponsors of the Expo and they had stated that they were accepting donations there! They were hoping for gently used toys, supplies, monetary donations, anything!  I suggested to Cody that we gather some of his unused and GENTLY used toys together and donate them to kitties who are less fortunate! We also included some misc. supplies such as paper towels, etc.

   

 Cody had his doubts that giving his toys to less fortunate kitties was a good thing, he had some trouble letting go.

 It was important to him that Dakota also get in on the giving!

Our sensitive Sheltie
Shares his Goodies

Dakota's toy donation!

Cody just had to be sure that
some of Dakota's toys were being given as well!

When we completed filling the bags
we ended up with FOUR bags full
of toys and misc. items for Michigan Humane

Our furiends at Michigan Humane
were so happy with our items
that they allowed me to take their photo
(of course, I don't have their names!)

Cody, Dakota and I were proud to take part in the Santa Kitty Toy Hop and hope that this is the first year of a new tradition that will benefit the kitties that are located in our local communities for many years to come!

As we mentioned above the:

is alive and kicking again this year after it was initially thought that it wouldn't be! Cody and I have contributed the past couple of years, (and this year as well!), and we were thrilled to hear the news!

About the Santa Paws Drive:

Santa Paws Drive is the dream of Dorian Wagner, founder of  YourDailyCute.com and the Cute Transport Network. She had the idea for the program, but no idea how to actually pull it off. She reached out from her home in Deerfield Beach, FL to several friends around the world with difference expertise to make it a reality. (See the Elves page for a little bit about each of them!) 

In the past five years, Santa Paws Drive has raised more than $55,000 in toys, treats and donations for 30 shelters worldwide. It's been a huge success, and we were able to mail off huge gift packages and a check to each! 

This holiday season, we want to make an even bigger difference and do things a little bit differently. Our amazing 2014 organizations work together to do something very special – they rescue homeless animals from high-kill shelters, and then transport them safely to partner no-kill rescues up North, who have the space and can find them homes quickly. 

In the past two years alone, the groups Santa Paws Drive 2014 is benefiting – along with their wonderful network of more than 800 volunteer drivers and fosters! -- have worked together to save more than 350 cats and several dogs from kill shelters! 

The ultimate goal is of Santa Paws Drive this year is not only to provide toys and cheer to shelter animals – but to make it possible to give them the ultimate joy… a forever home. 

Photo Courtesy of http://blog.santapawsdrive.com/

And so the donations we are collecting are everything needed to save more animals and make these transports possible. You can donate to save one shelter cat or even a whole family! Or you can donate a carrier for them to ride in, toys and supplies for the ride, or sponsor a spay/neuter surgery. The more we raise, the more lives we can save! 

Donate to help shelter animals today!!

You can also donate directly on the widget on our sidebar!

National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week! November 4th through the10th

Hi everyone it's Cody!

As many of you know I was adopted. Mom adopted me from a Rescue that held an adoption event at Petco back in 2007.

My Mom always says that my foster Mom did an amazing job with me! My foster Mom says I was BORN a loving "cuddle-bug". Mom thinks that could easily be true, but the care and nurturing that was given to me to help give me a good start in life helped lay the groundwork to help make me the great kitty that I am today!

To all who give of themselves so tirelessly to help Shelter Animals and Rescue, we give our heartfelt THANKS!!

NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK November 6th thru November 12th

"Show some love to a local animal shelter or rescue group"

In honor of National Shelter Animal Appreciation Week (sponsored by the Humane Society of The United States),  we have pulled out a guest blog that was written by  volunteer Cristin Hipke of The Abandoned Animal Rescue of Michigan (AARM) on September 10, 2010. We have chosen to honor Cristin and the countless shelter volunteers who work tirelessly  in their quest to save the lives of  abandoned pets and selflessly help them to find their "forever homes."


To Cristin and EVERYONE who volunteers in the name of the animals, we say THANK YOU!


For ways that YOU can become involved this week, click here

Abandoned Animal Rescue of Michigan (AARM) is a no-kill pet haven that has been operating throughout the greater Detroit metro area since 2004.  AARM is an affiliate of Guardians For Animals (GFA).  Our founder is very proud of this affiliation and always points out that "we are all doing the same work and are in this together."


Our mission is to help homeless or abandoned animals by giving them medical care, a safe place to rest their weary heads while enjoying good meals, and a chance to finally find the warmth of loving companionship. Our rescue efforts focus primarily on cats and dogs.  A selection of our cats that are available for adoption are in the Canton, MI Petco.

To this day, there is virtually no counting the number of animals AARM has saved and found new forever homes for. One such cat, Sweetie(currently in a foster home), walked up to the Palace of Auburn Hills and proceeded to “explain” through a complicated combination of voice and body language that she was home and demanded to know why she wasn’t being let in. Thankfully the security staff called AARM, allowing us to save this sweet, stubborn purrer.

Sylvester

 Sylvester, an AARM super star alumnus, is exceedingly fortunate to be alive at all. Brought into a vet hospital, scared, bleeding, both hips broken, AARM stepped up to the plate, with the help of GFA, to fix his hips. A few short months after his recovery, after diligent work to restore his faith in people and reduce his fear of wide open spaces or loud noises, Sylvester gladly jumped into the arms of his forever parents, purring and head butting the whole way.

AARM has many vital volunteer positions open, from hardworking cage cleaner, adoption event volunteer, dog walker, or foster home, to communication and fundraising positions. AARM also accepts donations, which can be left with cashiers at the Canton, MI Petco.

Please contact us by Facebook, Twitter, or email.